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Anyone know much about balmacaan style raincoats?

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I live in Houston where theres not much call for a heavy coat but we do get tropical showers. I'm thinking of getting one of those aquascutum style tan raincoats like Harry Palmer wore, or Paul Weller in his early Style Council days. I would like it to be close fitting not like a cape, and above all extremely lightweight, perhaps even unlined, so it can be worn over shirt or jacket without sweltering.

Any tips would bebmuch appreciated. There are some on eBay bit its hard to gauge their size and details. Ta!

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Is there any other coat style than the raincoat? Can you lot not just set up your own sub forum rather than bringing raincoat crap up on a daily basis? Am I the only one around here that's sick to death of hourly "which raincoat" threads popping up?

In slightly less aggressive news, the search function is quite useful. Personally I use an Aquascutum raincoat that's OK but has seen better days and I've just found a NOS Invertere which should be here in a couple of days. They're tricky to find as they are now out of business but apparently very good, as are the made in England Burberrys.

One thing to note is that raincoat sizing tends to be all over the place, with plenty of extra fabric cut in to allow for layers underneath. For example the Invertere I have bought was labelled as a 36 but actually measures 46 - my Aquascutum is quite a bit bigger than the advertised size, too. You may need to try some on.

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